.Chapter 304: Sharpening the knife

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Yuan Gang was not from the army, nor did he have nearly two thousand years of knowledge like Han Mu. It was indeed a bit difficult for him to command such a major battle.

By the way, he was just an escort leader of the Yangzhou Escort Agency. He was more than enough to command a hundred escorts and slingers. Later, he followed Han Mu to train the Flying Tigers. At the peak, there were only about 150 people. He really saw the big scene after the establishment of the Northern Mansion Army. It took only a few months to make him feel free to command the battle of these tens of thousands of people. That would be an impossible task.

At the military meeting that night, Yuan Gang made another big mistake. He apologized to everyone at the meeting of all soldiers of the Northern Army, but failed to command himself and did not have many solutions. If this was in normal times, everyone might think that Yuan Gang was humble and cute, and he would reflect on himself when he knew his mistakes; however, doing so during wartime is up to date.

First of all, this is a heavy blow to the morale of all the soldiers. The commander is incompetent in command. How can he fight in the future? Or not your order? After listening, your order may not be correct, and he will disobey military orders. This contradiction reaction is to look forward and stalemate in the battle. Without the determination and determination, and without moving forward, how dare you win?

Secondly, in people's minds, Deputy Supervisor Yuan is a domineering, strong and persistent person; after such a fuss, Yuan Gang's prestige in the army plummeted; orders in the army are orders, and even if they are wrong, they must be implemented resolutely, so how can there be room for negotiation?

Yuan Gang was extremely smart and experienced so many things with Han Mu, but at this moment he made a big move.

All this was revealed in the battle at noon the next day; the soldiers first did not know whether the city should defend the enemy, but later when the Qin army threw stone carts and bombed them in large numbers, they went down to the city to hide without orders; they were in a state of progress and retreat, and were in a hurry. Although the Qin soldiers did not attack the city in large numbers, they allowed hundreds of throw stone carts to approach fifty steps outside the moat and poured into the city. A large number of stone bombs directly resulted in a thousand casualties, and the piles of materials and arrows were seriously damaged. Fortunately, the Qin people did not know that the city was piled up turbulent oil, so they did not take the opportunity to send archers to shoot arrows into the city, otherwise it would be an embarrassing situation.

Yuan Gang was anxious, the generals were anxious, and the soldiers guarding the city were anxious.

But no one can take on this important task. Liang Jinchun cannot do it, and he is not allowed to do it. He is still able to lead the army. He is a thousand miles away. Xie Shi is not allowed. The secret supervisor has been dealing with classics for several years and has made little achievements in military achievements. Liu Laozhi is even worse. He is more than enough to be alone, but he is still immature in the overall situation and his reputation is not enough to lead the entire army. In this case, he will only be able to do anything.

Fortunately, the Chaohu city wall is extremely solid, but the city wall is slightly damaged but it is not bad for its solidity. It is three feet high and two feet wide. The moat outside the city is six feet deep and three feet wide, forming two barriers, which temporarily blocks the Qin soldiers' advancement. Deng Qiang has been unable to lead the army to attack in full swing, which is probably due to this reason.

Deng Qiang was also anxious. In fact, he had no good tricks to break through the monster-like high walls and deep rivers in one fell swoop. The only way was to fight to the death and fight the whole army, carrying the ladder and siege the city. However, in this way, the casualties and injuries of his soldiers must be a terrifying number; so he was waiting.

What he was waiting for was Sun Hu and Sun Bao bringing the 10,000 reinforcements from Nanyang County and Runan County; he was waiting for the prefect of Runan Ma Junsheng to send him food, supplies, arrows, sulphurs and other supplies to come; he was still waiting for the moment when the morale of the Northern Mansion Army was the most depressed, and the panic of the Northern Mansion Army was all in his eyes. He knew that these new recruits were not qualified to become a qualified soldier; so he patiently used a catapult cart and a crossbow to wipe out the spirit of the Northern Mansion Army, and poured panic and negative all to the heads of the Northern Mansion Army.

It was not that he knew that Huan Wen's army might have to come to rescue the Eastern Front, but Shouchun in Guangling was so far away. It was not impossible to reach here for more than ten days. Deng Qiang felt that it was more than enough for more than ten days. Although there was a precedent for the city guarding for several months that had not been captured, this did not include the city in front of him. Although it was strong, it was the appearance; the strong morale of the soldiers guarding the city was the most reliable; and the soldiers in the city opposite were quietly losing this point.

As a result of the siege on the second day, the Qin army suffered four casualties. The reason was that a catapult disintegrated at the moment of loading and launching. The stones fell and killed the four Qin soldiers who were operating on the side. There were seventeen other catapults that were damaged and could not be repaired. This was caused by wear and tear; while the Northern Army had 790 casualties and injured, and countless materials were damaged.

The third day was still the same. The Qin army was killed and injured very little. A few blind men ran to the moat and shot and descended into the city. As a result, they were stabbed into hedgehogs by Liu Laozhi and more than a dozen crossbow archers. The Northern Army was killed and injured 200 people, and the supplies were not damaged, but the two arrow towers in the city were collapsed. The Qin army's catapult carts became the protagonists of the battlefield in the past few days. They were pushed and bombarded, and the huge wear and tear also caused dozens of vehicles to sank under the city.

On the evening of the 27th day of the first lunar month of the second year of Xian'an, Xie An, with Xie Daoyuan and other Han Mu's family, finally arrived at Chaohu City under the escort of a thousand imperial guards. Naturally, there were also Qianjies. Dozens of large carts drove into the south gate, and there were naturally Han's belongings, as well as supplies, equipment, crossbows, armor, spears and other supplies that Xie An had obtained.

Xie An's arrival brought a dose of heart-boosting agent to Chaohu City, and the sluggish morale has greatly improved. After closing the door with Yuan Gang for a short while, Xie An rushed to Beicheng overnight to express condolences and mobilize the soldiers who were standing by.

"Soldiers." Xie An stood in a green robe without an official uniform, standing on the north city gate tower, with fluttering clothes, his handsome face was plain and natural, without a trace of anxiety and panic.

"Warriors of the Northern Mansion Army! I, Xie An, traveled all the way from the capital city, and walked for four days and four nights but did not dare to stop; because all I heard were the deeds of the Northern Mansion Army's heroic resistance against the Qin people, and I couldn't wait to join you and fight against the Qin thieves with you. How excited I was to see you today."

"Our Northern Palace Army was established by Han Mu, the general of the founding army, was ordered by the emperor. It was only three months after it was built. This Chaohu City was only more than two months old. Every grass, tree, flower, and house and road here was built by us. The surface was soaked with our sweat and labor. Can we allow Qin thieves to trample on such a beautiful city and let them burn, kill and loot? Can the soldiers? Answer me." Xie An said loudly.

"No! You must not let the Qin thieves step into Chaohu City."

"Swear to live and die with Chaohu City!"

“…”

The 30,000 generals gathered at the north gate roared loudly, their voices deafeningly and rushed straight to the night sky; the entire Qin camp could hear the roar all day long, Deng Qiang ordered people to go and report, but he had no time to explore, because tonight, the 10,000 generals led by Sun Hu and Sun Bao, arrived one after another, and Deng Qiang was busy commanding the soldiers to expand the barracks overnight to provide them with stationing.

The mobilization at the north gate of Chaohu City is still underway.

Xie An's eyes flashed, and when everyone roared, he continued: "This time I brought you a lot of supplies, including fifty pairs of steel armor, two hundred powerful crossbows, ten bed crossbows, and countless other supplies. In addition to himself, General Han Mu of your Northern Army asked me to bring all his family to Chaohu City; what attitude does this show? This is your Han Shuai's extreme trust in everyone. Just imagine, if his family can survive if the city breaks down? No! So he is telling you with his actions that the Northern Army will win! The Qin thieves will be defeated!"

"The Northern Mansion Army will win!"

"The Northern Mansion Army will win!"

"The Northern Palace Army wins thousands of victories!"

The soldiers were filled with blood. Following the wife of Xie Daoyun, Wang Yurun, Liu Rumei and other Han Mu showed up on the way to the city, waving to everyone, the atmosphere reached the highest level.

Yuan Gang stood on the city tower, looking at the tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians who were excited and morale high, he felt a little ashamed, and more of his confidence in defeating the Qin thief. Suddenly he sang "The Song of the Northern Army". His thick and thick voice echoed in the night sky. Some soldiers sang along, and gradually more soldiers sang, and the voice was like a giant dragon winding through the sky:

I'm the North Mansion Army

Living in the military camp

Learn martial arts and gain skills

Try hard to get hard

Eat, live and go on a battle together

Execute quickly with a command

I'm the North Mansion Army

Parents are ordinary people

Sword in hand

Go forward and come forward and know in your heart

I'm the North Mansion Army

Wearing military uniform to protect the country and peace

Rush, Rush, Rush

The enemy soldiers were defeated and loose

Rush, Rush, Rush

Everything is for the common people

Smile, smile, smile, smile

I'm an excellent Beifu Army

Glorious! Glorious! Glorious!

...

The Qin army camp was also busy. The camp of 10,000 people was not busy until the third day. The soldiers were on fire and slowly worked under the supervision of the generals, muttering in their mouths: "I won't let you live in peace late. Maybe I'll see the King of Hell tomorrow if you shoot an arrow. I'll have to work tonight. I'm so fucking hard."

When the Qin generals heard these words, they were whipping wildly. The Qin soldiers were whipping, and they didn't suffer any loss in front of them, so they had to stop their mouths, but they couldn't hold back their anger. When they heard the loud singing in Chaohu City, they immediately became angry and began to curse the Northern Mansion Army.

"What's the ghost? These Jin pigs are so happy. I'm suffering from the cold and they huddled in the city and sang; sooner or later, they stepped on Chaohu City and slaughtered these Jin pigs."

"Hey, do you think there are beautiful women in Chaohu City? I haven't smelled fishy for half a month, so I can't hold it in anymore."

"Tsk! Wu Laoer, I can't hold it in, so I strode next to me. Chaohu City is a newly built county where many women came from? Stop dreaming, maybe I escaped like Hefei County, and the woman? I didn't even see a hen."

"Get out of here, mom, I'll see women appearing on the top of the city during the day. How could it be that there aren't? This time, I'll try to be beheaded by General Deng and have to play with a few Jin women."

“…”

Several teams holding whip supervisors next to him were hearing everyone's discussions, and laughed and interfered: "Wu Laoer, is your guy still useful? Didn't you be bitten by a woman in Huainan County? You deserve it if you don't walk on the bottom lane!"

Wu Laoer tilted his head and said, "I said Zhang Guzheng, you don't feel hurt when you stand and speak. If that woman hadn't been messed up by you officials, would I take that risk? Speaking of which, you are unkind and righteous..."

"Shhh... Silence, General Deng is here." A soldier beside him kindly reminded him.

"I say the same thing when General Deng comes. He also violates the laws of the Qin Dynasty. Can't the general's military order be fulfilled?" Wu Laoer said stinkingly with his neck.

Suddenly he found that everyone around him was staring at him, showing a strange look. When he quickly looked back, he saw Deng Qiang standing behind him with anger and looking at him.

Wu Laoer fainted with a buzzing sound, and even forgot to kowtow and admit his mistake. He stared at Deng Qiang with his eyes straight at him, so scared that he couldn't speak. Seeing that he didn't dodge, Deng Qiang looked at him with his eyes straight at him, and suddenly laughed and said, "I have backbone, I am a soldier under my command. What's your name?"

"Little...small, Wu...shuang."

"Yes, he's a man." Deng Qiang patted Wu Laoer's shoulder and said, "From today, you'll be tall, Wu Shi, haha... I'll charge you tomorrow. As long as you break through the city, you'll be the girl in the city."

Everyone's expressions were all dull, and it was too long to say complaining, which was too...

"General, General Sun Hu has led 5,000 troops in Nanyang to the west entrance of Daying." A personal guard ran quickly to report.

"Follow me to welcome you, it's time to come." Deng Qiang strode to the meteor and led the crowd away.
Chapter completed!